Several speakers at Monday's event talked about incidents they've had at the Safeway on Geary and Webster, area they say is 'infested with people who are engaged in criminal activity.'
"When I go to the Safeway area, I'm always concerned about my own personal safety and also about the fact that my car is in a parking lot that is infested with people who are engaged in criminal activity," said Williams.
Monday's meeting, which was hosted by community leader, Rev. Amos Brown, was also attended by representatives from SFPD and several city departments.An admirable goal, but one that will come with challenges. "The reality is that the San Francisco Police Department is short about 540 officers. This is unprecedented," said Asst. Chief David Lazar of the San Francisco Police Department.But those solutions, they say, will have to work for everyone - both local residents and the unhoused.
"Common sense compassion. Because a lot of the stuff we claim we are compassionate about, but when we leave people to their own self-destructive devices and when we let people cause harm to others, that's not compassion," Rev. Brown said.Determined to deliver results for people of the Fillmore. "We throw a lot of money to homeless issues, yet we're not seeing or receiving any of the benefits," said Williams.
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